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The McDonald's Corporation (MCD) SEC filings page on Stock Titan provides access to the company’s regulatory disclosures, including current reports on Form 8-K and other documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings give investors structured insight into McDonald's financial performance, capital markets activity, and material corporate events as formally reported under U.S. securities laws.
McDonald's uses Form 8-K to furnish investor releases that report results for its quarters and year-to-date periods, such as second and third quarter earnings. These 8-K filings typically incorporate by reference detailed exhibits that present revenues, operating income, net income, diluted earnings per share, and reconciliations between GAAP and non-GAAP measures. They also define key metrics like comparable sales, Systemwide sales, Systemwide sales to loyalty members, constant currency results, and free cash flow, which management uses to evaluate underlying business trends.
Other 8-K filings describe events such as the issuance of medium-term notes under an existing shelf registration statement, including information about the amounts, maturities, and related legal opinions. Through these documents, investors can track how McDonald's accesses debt markets and structures its financing.
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McDonald’s Corporation filed an amendment to a prior report about its Board composition. The company previously disclosed that James D. Farley, Jr. was elected to the Board effective February 4, 2026. On March 30, 2026, the Board appointed Mr. Farley to its Audit & Finance Committee and Corporate Responsibility Committee, effective immediately.
McDonald's Corp — Schedule 13G/A Amendment No. 13: The Vanguard Group reports no beneficial ownership of McDonald’s common stock, listing 0 shares and 0% of the class. The filing explains an internal realignment effective January 12, 2026, after which certain Vanguard subsidiaries report separately. The amendment is signed by Ashley Grim on March 27, 2026.
McDonald's Corp President, McDonald's USA, Joseph M. Erlinger reported an open-market sale of 333 shares of common stock at $313.47 per share. After this transaction on March 23, 2026, he directly holds 8,399.89 McDonald's common shares.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC submitted a Form 144 notice reporting proposed sales of Common Stock tied to 10b5-1 arrangements for Joseph Erlinger. The filing lists multiple recent 10b5-1 sales: 2,626 shares on 03/10/2026 ($862,220.84), 333 shares on 02/23/2026 ($110,033.19), and earlier 10b5-1 sales on 02/10/2026 and 01/12/2026 with shares listed as 2,626 on each date and corresponding dollar amounts. The filing identifies Performance Restricted Stock Units dated 02/13/2026 and shows the broker/dealer as Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC in New York.
McDonald’s Corporation executive Dario Baroni reported an open-market sale of company stock. On this Form 4, Baroni sold 600 shares of McDonald’s common stock at a price of $323.77 per share. After the transaction, he directly owns 1,063.07 shares of McDonald’s common stock.
McDonald's USA president Joseph M. Erlinger exercised stock options and then sold the resulting shares. On this Form 4, he exercised options for 2,626 shares of McDonald's common stock at an exercise price of $157.79 per share, converting a derivative award granted in 2018 into shares.
On the same date, he sold 2,626 shares of common stock in an open-market transaction at $328.34 per share. After these transactions, he directly holds 8,732.89 shares of McDonald's common stock and no remaining derivative position from this option grant, which had vested in annual 25% increments following its original February 19, 2018 grant.
McDonald's reported a Form 144 notice to sell 2,626 shares of Common Stock. The filing states the sale date as 03/10/2026 and lists the shares as resulting from an exercise of stock options with proceeds in cash. Recent 10b5-1 sales by Joseph Erlinger are shown as 01/12/2026 2,626 shares, 02/10/2026 2,626 shares and 02/23/2026 333 shares.
McDonald’s executive Desiree Ralls-Morrison, EVP and Chief Legal Officer, reported a discretionary transaction involving 1,518.690 shares of phantom stock under a non-qualified benefit plan on February 20, 2026. Each phantom stock share represents a right to receive the cash value of one share of McDonald’s common stock and is payable in cash after she separates from the company.
Following this transaction, she indirectly held 3,254.670 phantom stock shares in the plan and directly held 9,031.120 shares of McDonald’s common stock. The filing does not reflect traditional open-market buying or selling of common stock, but an internal benefit plan adjustment.
McDonald's Corporation insider Joseph M. Erlinger, President of McDonald's USA, reported an open-market sale of company stock. On February 23, 2026, he sold 333 shares of McDonald's common stock at an average price of $330.43 per share.
After this transaction, Erlinger directly owned 8,732.89 shares of McDonald's common stock. This filing records a relatively small insider sale by a senior executive, showing a modest reduction of his direct holdings.